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July 11, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Greg Casar and Rep. Jasmine Crockett of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, backed by Ranking Member Robert Garcia, sent three letters demanding answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Commerce Inspector General, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The letters request information about the lead up and response to the recent Texas flooding tragedy and preparedness for future emergencies, including the impact of DOGE cuts on the National Weather Service (NWS), and demand answers about Secretary Kristi Noem’s reported delay of FEMA search and rescue assets.
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July 10, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief of Staff Matthew Buzzelli demanding an urgent briefing. The request follows a June meeting of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) during which the committee refused to approve certain flu vaccines, relied on misinformation, and elevated anti-vaccine activists over CDC experts. The lawmakers are seeking answers on how these dangerous decisions will affect all Americans, especially children who are most at risk.
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July 9, 2025
Washington, D.C.— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on Committee Republicans’ obsession with Joe Biden:
“The only person’s health that Republicans care about is Joe Biden’s – even as 17 million Americans lose access to affordable health care thanks to their big budget betrayal.
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July 8, 2025
Washington, D.C.— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump Administration to resume mass firings of federal workers.
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July 1, 2025
Washington, D.C.—Today, in his first action as Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep.
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June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement on House Oversight Republicans’ first transcribed interview of the 119th Congress, which only served to refute Republican claims:
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June 23, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterating requests for information from Committee Democrats that have gone unanswered on the Trump Administration’s rollback of lifesaving food inspection and disease surveillance activities, the firing of thousands of workers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS, and failure to inform the American public about the spread of life-threatening infectious diseases.
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June 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2025)—Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Kash Patel asking whether it is true that the Epstein files are being withheld because they personally implicate President Trump, as alleged in an X post by Elon Musk.
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June 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2025)— Below is an opening statement, as prepared for delivery, from Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The remarks were delivered at today’s full committee hearing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the federal government, where Acting Ranking Member Lynch motioned to subpoena Elon Musk to testify before the Committee. Republicans suspended the hearing as they struggled to bring their Members to the hearing room to vote.
June 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick following reports received by Committee Democrats that illegally fired employees were denied health coverage for which they had already paid and that Commerce did not honor its required commitment to continue employee health coverage for a 31-day period after their termination.
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